Senior Analyst

The Walt Disney Company; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media corporation in London seeks a Senior Analyst to support the CS&BD team in developing EMEA-wide business strategies. The role requires advanced analytical skills and the ability to effectively collaborate with regional leaders. Responsibilities include strategic financial analysis and mentoring junior analysts. Ideal candidates should have significant experience in management consultancy or a media organization's BD team. This role offers extensive perks including private medical insurance, annual leave, and Disney discounts.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Private medical insurance

Free Park Entry

Disney Discounts

Disney+ Subscription

Excellent parental leave

Employee Resource Groups

Qualifications

• Robust experience with a consultancy firm or media BD team.
• Ability to conduct complex quantitative analysis.
• Strong MS Office skills, particularly in Excel and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Support strategic and financial analysis of growth opportunities.
• Build business cases for new opportunities with local managers.
• Provide business modelling and financial data interpretation.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Advanced MS Office skills

Experience with Big Data tools

Education

Experience in Management/Strategy consultancy or media organization

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Alteryx

Job description

Job Summary:

Be you, be here, be part of the story!

At The Walt Disney Company, magic is more than just a word; it's a way of life. For a century, we've been inspiring imaginations, celebrating diversity, and bringing families together through our beloved stories, characters, and experiences. From our iconic theme parks and resorts to our groundbreaking films, television shows, interactive media and products, we're dedicated to creating magic that knows no bounds.

This is a 9m FTC role.

This is an office-based role. 4 days working in the Hammersmith, London office with 1 day working from home (Monday or Friday).

The Senior Analyst will play a pivotal role in supporting the CS&BD team with the development and delivery of EMEA-wide business strategies and initiatives. The role requires superior strategic, analytical and collaboration skills - and the ability to apply these effectively as part of the C S & BD team.

Senior analysts are the most experienced analysts in the CS&BD team, setting the bar for other analysts to meet. Senior analysts build a solid understanding of the various Disney Entertainment and ESPN businesses (including the various areas within Streaming), a more advanced proficiency in business/financial modelling (directly applied in multiple projects), an ability to effectively collaborate with different levels of the organization / teams across EMEA and in the US (developing a wide internal network) and experience in presenting & discussing results with senior leadership (including SVPs).

As a result, the senior analyst supports our most important and highest profile projects, taking the lead on the business/ financial modelling and interacting with multiple teams across the organization, often working directly with the VP and Directors in the team and presenting their output to EMEA SVPs. In addition, the senior analyst also plays a pivotal role in various outputs produced by the CS&BD team, which feed into various of our projects and the work conducted by other teams within DTC.

Finally, due to its experience & capabilities, the senior analyst will informally act as a mentor and a first point of call for other analysts in the team, providing support when they run into challenges in their own projects or need a sounding board - e.g., the senior analyst can help younger analysts troubleshooting issues in the IR models or offer advice on how to craft a specific written material to be more effective with a senior audience.

Key areas of responsibility include:

• Support strategic & financial analysis of growth opportunities for Disney+ in EMEA (e.g., evolution of our commercial offer, introduction of new product features, launching in new markets)
• Work with regional business leads and local Country Managers to build business cases for new opportunities, identifying associated revenue streams, costs and risks and/or support review of business plans prepared by local Country Managers to test viability and alignment to overall company goals
• Provide advanced business modelling/analysis (including interpretation) of financial data to support business operations
• Support preparation of the annual strategic business review and 5-year plan, including coordination with relevant Regional and US/Global stakeholders.
• Monitor key market trends - e.g., across consumer behaviour and competitors - extracting meaningful insights that inform key decision in our business
• Evaluate potential commercial partnerships, assessing strategic fit and financial & operational impacts - e.g., collaborations with other streaming services; distribution of Disney+ through wholesale partners (e.g., Pay TV/ Telecom operators, Consumer Brands); evaluate opportunities to establish strategic partnerships with external content producers (e.g., linear TV channels); evaluate opportunities to license external content and rights (e.g., films and series from external producers, sports rights)
• Support and deliver integrated EMEA initiatives as identified by the EMEA President
• Ongoing support across strategic and operational priorities

Areas of Accountability (Strategic Impact, Financial, Management, Relationships)

Include factors such as team size, geographical scope, financial responsibilities (e.g., revenue targets, size of budget to manage etc) and level of authorisation

• Supporting the CS&BD function in the management and delivery of ongoing projects in EMEA, with a particular emphasis on DTC
• The senior analyst assumes responsibility for our most complex/challenging business & financial models, which are a key component to the success of the most important projects within CS&BD.
• The senior analyst also leads directly the preparation of important outputs from the CS&BD team, which are used widely across our projects and in other areas of the DTC team, and require close collaboration with all local DTC teams

Experience and Professional Qualifications Required

Provide specific information regarding the experience and qualifications (if relevant) required in order to perform the role competently. Also highlight what is necessary and what is desirable.

Qualifications/Work Experience:

• Robust experience working in a top tier Management/Strategy consultancy firm and/or experience of working within a media organisation's central BD/strategy team;
• Strong analytics - ability to think in structured way (both conceptually and analytically) and to conduct / review complex quantitative analysis to inform business decisions
• Advanced MS Office skills, specifically Excel and PowerPoint; ideally some experience with Big Data analytical tools (e.g. Alteryx)

The Perks:

• 25 days annual leave
• Private medical insurance & dental care
• Free Park Entry: You will have the opportunity to enter any of our parks with your family and friends for free
• Disney Discounts: you are entitled to discounts on designated Disney products, resort F&B and ticketing
• Disney+ Subscription
• Excellent parental and guardian leave
• Employee Resource Groups - Disney DIVERSITY, Disney PRIDE, our new disability & neurodiversity focused group - ENABLED, and our Mental Health & Wellbeing Group, TRUST.

The Walt Disney Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to be a diverse workforce that is representative of our audiences, and where all can thrive and belong. We are committed to building a team that includes and respects a variety of voices, identities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.

The Walt Disney Company Limited is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, colour, religion or belief, sex, nationality, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, disability or pregnancy or maternity. Disney fosters a business culture where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a rapidly changing world.